064 Dekan’s Ultimate Torture
Summoning Flata would kill himself.
Trying to control Dekan but failing to do so.
Unable to land a hit, Flata was further taunted by Captain De’Erkan’s expressions.
Flata felt his sanity slipping bit by bit.
He couldn’t tell whether it was rage or confusion causing it.
Dekan had yet to show any initiative to attack.
But every card used had minimized his own losses while maximizing Flata’s.
Flata felt an unprecedented impulse to switch to a melee class for the first time in his life.
He just wanted to hack Dekan to death!
Who loads their deck entirely with tricks like this?
Win or lose aside, just to upset the opponent?
Could beings of this world actually do such a thing?
“Haaah, haaah.”
As Flata struggled for breath due to anger, further hindered by confusion, Dekan had already started to flee.
With no care for pride, he widened the distance between himself and Flata as much as possible.
Dekan’s running speed was remarkably fast, almost making one suspect he was a second-tier assassin.
It was clear that while Dekan lacked the warrior’s credentials, he must have trained hard in short-distance sprints.
Running was not only not shameful, but also highly practical.
The greater the distance, the more time Dekan had to summon Captain De’Erkan in advance, thereby luring Flata’s attacks into a trap.
“DEKAN!!! Do you have any shame left?! Is this really a duel?!”
Flata roared, his eyes bloodshot and lips trembling.
He was forced to chase Dekan to reduce the distance.
But it felt like he had drunk cheap alcohol; his sense of direction was completely disordered.
As a ranged mage, he had never chased after his opponent like this!
Flata dared not casually use Purification to remove the confusion status.
His mana was already severely strained.
He also feared that once Purification was used, Dekan would immediately inflict another debilitating status on him!
Several seconds passed and Flata finally managed to escape the confusion.
“I’ll skewer you like a hedgehog!!”
This time he prepared to use a fifth-tier large-scale ice shard magic to attack Dekan.
Even if Dekan still had Captain De’Erkan, Flata was sure he could kill both summon and summoner!
“Ho ho.”
Dekan seemed to have guessed what spell Flata was about to cast. With perfect timing, he precisely hurled Captain De’Erkan’s card straight in front of Flata.
Suddenly, a familiar doll appeared in Flata’s line of sight.
Captain De’Erkan: “Hit me, hit me!”
Flata’s attack target was once again forcibly redirected.
If he continued to launch this area spell, he wouldn’t only miss Dekan but also hurt himself.
Reluctantly, Flata had no choice but to forcibly interrupt the casting.
Forcibly stopping a spell still consumes mana, and depending on the abruptness, it could damage both the caster and the card.
Once again, Flata was plunged into confusion by Captain De’Erkan, and could only watch as Dekan continued to distance himself further.
“Argh! You despicable creature! Can you show even a shred of decency?! You’ll keep playing these foul cards forever, Damn you, DEKAN!!!”
Could a mage also be kite-locked?
Flata could finally endure no more.
He had to find a chance to kill Dekan!
After a summon is defeated, even if successfully reclaimed, it enters a cool-down period before it can be summoned again.
Summoning it too soon incurs an additional heavy mana cost.
Flata was uncertain how many Captain De’Erkan cards Dekan had brought.
He only knew that continuing like this would certainly lead to his own exhaustion!
Thus, Flata used Purification magic as soon as Dekan only focused on his escape.
He would strike Dekan with a fatal blow while Dekan’s back was turned!
However, Dekan had already summoned the third Captain De’Erkan.
Dekan, while running, hugged Captain De’Erkan tightly, then forcibly threw him to the side.
He seemed to have guessed that Flata would resist the temptation no longer and would attack from behind once Purified.
So he sacrificed the last Captain De’Erkan in advance.
Once again Flata was mocked, once again he fell into confusion.
“Is this ever going to end?!?”
Flata broke down shouting in full-blown frustration.
His voice was raw, almost breaking.
Despite being clearly stronger than Dekan, he hadn’t managed to deal even a single substantial wound on Dekan since the duel started!
On the other hand, his own mana was almost drained!
It was all trickery!
He felt like being treated as simple-minded.
Even if he won, tonight’s dreams would undoubtedly be full of that smug Captain De’Erkan!
“DEKAN I F* YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!”
Flata had completely lost all pretense of gentlemanly conduct, cursing Dekan with everything he had.
He could barely cast fifth-tier spells anymore, while Dekan’s [Frost Barrier] cooldown had concluded, ready to block another round of damage.
Besides, Dekan’s [Thorn Crown] hadn’t even been forced to activate its ultimate defensive ability yet.
It was only Flata who was continuously consumed, without any injuries inflicted on Dekan!
Moreover, Dekan made heavy use of low-tier cards, consuming much less mana compared to Flata.
Additionally, since mana capacity was closely related to the spirit attribute, what Dekan had in abundance was mana.
Continuing like this, once Flata’s mana was consumed, Dekan’s counter-offensive would begin!
Gradually, Flata calmed down.
He must change his tactic.
He could no longer plan to take Dekan down with a single fifth-tier spell.
Though all the attack Cards he carried were fifth-tier.
That didn’t mean he couldn’t use lower-tier spells.
He himself being a mage, had mastery over several low-tier spells.
Just like Cornelia who remained incredibly powerful without relying on magical cards, Flata was similar.
His inherent combat capability wasn’t weak either; he was a fifth-tier mage!
It’s just that he specializes in fire-based spells, so most other types were supplemented through spell Cards.
If it had to be a war of attrition, he could still end Dekan with consecutive Fireball spells!
“Fiery spirits dancing in the blaze, unleash your fury…”
Just as Flata began chanting his spell incantation.
The chanting abruptly stopped.
Flata: “?”
Dekan: “Hmph! Thought chanting would work? Dream on!”
Dekan had just used a spell card to interrupt Flata’s incantation.
Though Flata was infuriated, he didn’t panic.
A third-tier Dekan wouldn’t be able to maintain silence for long against Flata.
Yet.
Five seconds passed.
Ten seconds passed.
Twenty seconds passed.
Flata found he was still unable to speak.
Not only did Dekan stop fleeing, but stood afar off, watching Flata like watching a monkey.
“??? ”
Why could this silence last so long?
It was only then Flata finally realized the gravity of the situation.
“Ugh ughh!!”
Flata wanted to shout, to question Dekan, but could only emit indistinct sounds.
The problem lay with the strange spell Card Dekan had used earlier!
“Grandpa’s Silence Spell”
“Category: Spell Card”
“Rank: Purple Rare”
“Tier: 2”
“Effect: Renders a single target unable to speak.”
“Note: Requires over 99999 fan points to break the silence.”
